Dallas Stars Blog

Stars to open with New Jersey, host Washington, Pittsburgh

The NHL will release its 2010-11 schedule at 11 a.m. Tuesday, but among some of the highlights for the Stars schedule are:

They will open Oct. 8 at New Jersey and make a swing through New York to start the season.

Their home opener will be Oct. 14 against Detroit.

They will have their traditional New Year’s Eve game, this time against Vancouver.

And they will play host to Pittsburgh, Washington, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Montreal and the NY Rangers among their key Eastern Conference visitors.

That means Dallas fans should get to see both Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin in person, as well as the defending Eastern Conference champion Flyers. Crosby (groin injury) did not play the last time Pittsburgh was in Dallas (a 4-1 Penguins win on March 1, 2009). Ovechkin had one assist in a 6-5 Capitals win at AAC on Oct. 25, 2008.